2 files changed, 2 insertions, 11 deletions

diff --git a/fs/fs-writeback.c b/fs/fs-writeback.c
index d0ff0b8cf30..d99601af9e4 100644
--- a/fs/fs-writeback.c
+++ b/fs/fs-writeback.c
@@ -421,9 +421,6 @@ __writeback_single_inode(struct inode *inode, struct writeback_control *wbc)
  * If we're a pdlfush thread, then implement pdflush collision avoidance
  * against the entire list.
  *
- * WB_SYNC_HOLD is a hack for sys_sync(): reattach the inode to sb->s_dirty so
- * that it can be located for waiting on in __writeback_single_inode().
- *
  * If `bdi' is non-zero then we're being asked to writeback a specific queue.
  * This function assumes that the blockdev superblock's inodes are backed by
  * a variety of queues, so all inodes are searched.  For other superblocks,
@@ -499,10 +496,6 @@ void generic_sync_sb_inodes(struct super_block *sb,
                 __iget(inode);
                 pages_skipped = wbc->pages_skipped;
                 __writeback_single_inode(inode, wbc);
-                if (wbc->sync_mode == WB_SYNC_HOLD) {
-                        inode->dirtied_when = jiffies;
-                        list_move(&inode->i_list, &sb->s_dirty);
-                }
                 if (current_is_pdflush())
                         writeback_release(bdi);
                 if (wbc->pages_skipped != pages_skipped) {
@@ -588,8 +581,7 @@ restart:
 
 /*
  * writeback and wait upon the filesystem's dirty inodes.  The caller will
- * do this in two passes - one to write, and one to wait.  WB_SYNC_HOLD is
- * used to park the written inodes on sb->s_dirty for the wait pass.
+ * do this in two passes - one to write, and one to wait.
  *
  * A finite limit is set on the number of pages which will be written.
  * To prevent infinite livelock of sys_sync().
@@ -600,7 +592,7 @@ restart:
 void sync_inodes_sb(struct super_block *sb, int wait)
 {
         struct writeback_control wbc = {
-                .sync_mode      = wait ? WB_SYNC_ALL : WB_SYNC_HOLD,
+                .sync_mode      = wait ? WB_SYNC_ALL : WB_SYNC_NONE,
                 .range_start    = 0,
                 .range_end      = LLONG_MAX,
         };
diff --git a/include/linux/writeback.h b/include/linux/writeback.h
index bb28c975c1d..7300ecdc480 100644
--- a/include/linux/writeback.h
+++ b/include/linux/writeback.h
@@ -30,7 +30,6 @@ static inline int task_is_pdflush(struct task_struct *task)
 enum writeback_sync_modes {
         WB_SYNC_NONE,   /* Don't wait on anything */
         WB_SYNC_ALL,    /* Wait on every mapping */
-        WB_SYNC_HOLD,   /* Hold the inode on sb_dirty for sys_sync() */
 };
 
 /*